7|=Brentford=, Middlesex, 69, a market town. It is divided into New |and Old Brentford, and is named from the small river Brent, over |which it had a ford, and which here empties itself into the |Thames. The church was originally built in the reign of Edward the |First, being a chapel of ease to Great Ealing, and was rebuilt, |except the tower, in 1654. This place affords employment to its |numerous poor, having a flour mill on the same construction as the |late Albion Mills, formerly situated at the foot of Blackfriars |Bridge; a large pottery, extensive brick fields, and a very large |malt distillery. | |At the extremity of New Brentford, towards London, on the opposite |side of the Thames, is Kew Palace, formerly the occasional |residence of His Majesty; near which, on the banks of the Thames, |His Majesty has erected a magnificent Gothic building, said to |have been intended as a residence for the Queen. | |The members of parliament for the county are here chosen, and the |market on Tuesday is well supplied with all kinds of provision, |corn, cattle, &c. Brentford contains 304 houses, and 1733 |inhabitants. | 197|Brent Harberton Ford, Devon, 120. | 199|Brent, South, Devon, 120. A parish containing 163 houses, and 1032 |inhabitants. | 97|Brickers, Wilts, 186. | 200|Bridestow, Devon, 150. A parish containing 91 houses, and 581 |inhabitants. | 230|Bridge, Cornwall, 124. | 58|Bridge, Kent, 8. This village is situated in a valley, by the side |of the river Stour; and contains 42 houses, and 325 inhabitants. | 126|Bridge, Somerset, 168. | 245|Bridge End, Cornwall, 126. | 105|Bridge, High, Dorset, 139. | 75|Bridge, Mary, Hants, 98. | 212|Bridge, New, Devon, 122. | 96|Bridge, New, Dorset, 89. | 109|Bridge, New, Somerset, 201. | 102|Bridge, New, 186. | 145|=Bridgewater=, Somerset, 192. A borough and market town, seated on |the river Parret, over which is a stone bridge; here the tide |rises at high water 6 fathoms, and sometimes flows in with such |impetuosity, that it rises near two fathoms deep at a time; which |often occasions considerable damage to the shipping, driving them |foul of each other, and oversetting the small craft. It is termed |the _boar_, and is frequent in the rivers of the channel, |particularly the Severn. | |The church is a handsome spacious structure, containing a fine |altar piece of our Saviour taken from the Cross, by Guido, and the |spire is the loftiest in the county. Near the church is a handsome |free school, built of stone; the town hall is a large building, |beneath which is a cistern, whence the inhabitants are supplied |with water. | |It was first incorporated as a borough by King John, who built a